Cloud Solutions Architect

At KPMG, the Cloud Solution Architect is accountable for ensuring that cloud solutions are secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned to KPMG’s enterprise architecture principles, technology risk framework, and delivery governance model.

Key Responsibilities

• Governance & Assurance: Lead engagements with solution governance forums (including ARB), ensuring designs meet architectural standards, risk controls, and compliance requirements.

• Estimation & Planning: Provide enterprise-level estimation oversight across infrastructure, licensing, effort, and integration complexity; assure architectural feasibility across multi‑project programs.

• Executive & Stakeholder Engagement: Influence senior business and technology leaders by articulating architectural options, risk considerations, and strategic trade-offs.

• Continuous Improvement & Thought Leadership: Drive uplift of cloud delivery practices, contribute to reusable patterns and accelerators, and maintain awareness of market and cloud technology advancements.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years’ experience in cloud or solution architecture roles within large-scale or regulated environments.

• Deep expertise across major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) covering compute, identity, networking, integration, automation, and security controls.

Azure mandatory

• Strong capability in IaC and cloud automation frameworks (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CloudFormation).

• Demonstrated experience governing end‑to‑end solution designs and mentoring architects and engineering teams.

• Excellent communication skills with ability to engage senior executives and governance bodies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional cloud certifications (AWS SA Professional, Azure Architect Expert, GCP PCA).

Azure Architect Expert highly regarded/expected

• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification.

• Background in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, or platform architecture.